Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 333: Taking the Honorable Title

The emperor's three questions made the two of them sweat. The unification of the Tang Dynasty was like a rolling wheel and could not be stopped.

Shi Pu stood up and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, veteran, please cut down Wuning Town!"

Wang Shifan also stood up and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, please cut down Lu Town!"

Li Ye helped the two of them up, filled their glasses with wine himself, and said: "You two understand the righteousness, I would like to toast you a drink!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

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In September of the seventh year of the Great Reign, His Majesty the Emperor spent most of the year eradicating banditry in Hebei.

There were more than [-] troops stationed in the army, and the families of wealthy households in Hebei and government officers and soldiers all moved to Bianliang without any trouble.

The imperial court prepared thousands of hectares of fertile land in Caizhou, Huainan, and Henan provinces to replace it.

After eliminating these hidden dangers, Li Ye thought that he could return to Bianliang. This trip lasted more than a year.

Before leaving, good news came from Weizhou. General Lu Long asked Liu Rengong to surrender.

Weizhou is one of the six states in Daibei. It was originally the territory under the jurisdiction of the Yunzhou Defense Envoy led by Helianduo. Twenty years ago, there was chaos in Yunzhou and when Helianduo expelled Li Keyong's father Li Guochang, Lu Long Jiedushi Li Guozhong took the opportunity to send troops to occupy Weizhou.

When Li Kuangchou rebelled, Liu Rengong broke away from Lulong and became independent. He led his troops to attack Juyongguan, but was repelled by Li Kuangchou and was trapped in Weizhou.

Then he hooked up with Li Keyong. According to the original history, Li Keyong happily helped Liu Rengong to the throne of Lulong Jiedushi.

But after Liu Rengong secured his position, the first thing he did was to kill Li Keyong's remaining generals and envoys, and break with Hedong.

So when Li Keyong was about to die, he took out three arrows, one for Zhu Wen, one for Khitan, and one for Liu Rengong.

It can be seen that Li Keyong's hatred for him was comparable to Zhu Wen's murderous hatred.

His Majesty the Emperor had nothing to say to such young men, so he directly took back military power and moved his family and others to Bianliang. Liu Rengong's troops were not as many as Li Kuangwei's 3000 to [-] men, only [-] men.

These people are all Youzhou soldiers and have been guarding the border in Yuzhou for four years.Li Ye did not make things difficult for them. Those who were willing to join the army were incorporated into the imperial army, and those who were willing to return to their hometowns returned to their hometowns. Jingxiang would organize them into city defense soldiers, government officials, or combat reserve forces.

As for Yunzhou defense envoy Helianduo and Hedong Jiedu envoy Li Keyong, one is the tribal chief of Tyuhun and the other is the leader of the Shatuo tribe.

Zhaoyi Town continued to provide money and food to Li Keyong, and the Yushan Guards secretly provided food, grass and weapons to Helian Duo. The two continued to fight without His Majesty the Emperor interfering. The Tang Dynasty still needed to recuperate for several years.

By the time Zhang Chengye's memorial was received, the military camps in Bianliang, Weizhou, Heyang and Luoyang were almost completed. Li Ye gave the order to pull out the camps.

With 40 horses, Li Ye planned to divide them into four places and set up a north bank camp in Weizhou on the north bank of the Yellow River. Two armies, 4 people, were stationed in Heyang and Luoyang. The remaining about 30 horses were all stationed in Around Bianjing.

In October of the seventh year of the Great Reign, the whole army set out and the armies were integrated for more than half a year. By this time, there was no trouble, and Li Ye was relieved.

It is more than 1000 miles from Zhenzhou to Bianjing, which is also a great test for the execution ability of the armies. Along the way, Zhaozhou, Jizhou, Beizhou, and Huazhou have prepared a large number of civilians and oxcarts, with sufficient supplies of food and grass.

In the twelfth month of the seventh year of the Great Reign, the emperor's dragon chariot arrived at the Yellow River ferry in Bianjing. It snowed heavily and the Yellow River was frozen.

Zhang Chengye, the Minister of Hubu, Tongzhongshu Menxiapingzhangshi, Liu Chongwang, the right minister of the Ministry of War, Sun Kui, the left minister of the Ministry of Hubu, Sun Wo, the observation envoy of Dujidao, Kong Wei, the minister of Zhongshu and the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhang Guoshou, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Zhang Guoshou, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry. Shangshu invited Zhaoyi Jiedushi, Tongzhongshu's subordinate Pingzhang, to Wei Shaodu, and Zhao Ji and others to stay in Dongdu. All the officials in Bianjing and nearby knelt down in the snow to greet the emperor.

Li Ye got off the dragon chariot and walked quickly in front of the governors. "You are not young anymore. It's freezing cold. What should you do if you catch a cold? Get up!"

The emperor held up Zhang Chengye with one hand and Kong Wei with the other.

Zhang Chengye slowly raised his head, and Li Ye saw that his face was already full of tears, and the same was true when he looked at Kong Wei again.

"Mr. Zhang, Gong Kong, and all the other gentlemen, why are you doing this?"

Zhang Chengye said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, my long-cherished wish has been fulfilled. Even if I die now, I will have no regrets!"

"Your Majesty! The same is true for my veteran. The recovery of the three towns in Hebei is a grand event that has never happened in the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years. Even my death is enough!"

Li Ye was also moved. It has been eight years, and it has been as long as yesterday. At that time, the imperial edict could not reach Jingzhao Mansion, there were eunuch cancers inside, and there were disasters in various towns outside.

But now, the imperial court has millions of soldiers, and its grace and power are all over the Tang Dynasty. After centuries of malpractice, the three towns in Hebei have been pacified.

Kong Wei added: "Your Majesty, I have been discussing with hundreds of officials in the past few days. All officials believe that Your Majesty has civilized and martial arts. He has traveled far beyond the late emperor. He should add the word "heroic and martial" and become the heroic and martial saint Mu Jingwen Xiao Emperor!"

Hearing this, Li Ye's face instantly dropped. It wasn't that he couldn't manage his expression properly. He needed clear emotions and anger to tell the ministers that His Majesty the Emperor doesn't like to play.

The so-called honorific title is the title given to the emperor during his lifetime, while the posthumous title is the title given to the emperor after his death.

The game of shangzunhao began with Qin Shihuang. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Taizong's shangzong was named Emperor Wen, Gaozong's shangzong was named Emperor Shenyao, and Xuanzong's shangzong was named Emperor Shenyao, Great Sage, and Emperor Guangxiao.

Then the further back the title goes, the more characters there are on the emperor's title. The more characters there are, the more noble the emperor appears.

At the time of Xuanzong's reign, his title already had eighteen characters, that is, Yuan Sheng Zhi Ming Cheng Wu Xian Wen Ruizhi Zhang Ren Shen Cong Yidao Da Xiao Emperor.

According to the original history, a hundred years later, Song Zhenzong, who ruined the emperor's Feng Chan, was the master. He was directly given the 24-character title, Ti Yuan Yu Ji Sheng Tian Zun Daoying Zhen Bao Yun Wen De Wu Gong Shang Sheng Qin Ming Ren Xiao Emperor, this The record has not been broken for 1000 years since Song Zhenzong.

The reason is very simple. Song Zhenzong played it, but later emperors did not play it anymore.

Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty played the role of "Feng Chan", and even Qianlong, who was very happy with his achievements, visited Mount Tai three times and took a look.

Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty played with 24 characters in his honorary title. Later emperors stopped playing with the name because their names were too long and could not be remembered, so they used posthumous titles instead.

His Majesty the Emperor's current title is "Sheng Mu Jingwen Xiao", which was given to him by his ministers when he ascended the throne.

Add more, how to add, if you add too many words, is this emperor doing better? Li Ye shook his head.

"Get your pen!"

Li Ye needs to PUA some officials.

"Kong Gong, write for me!"

Kong Wei didn't expect such a good thing to be given the honorary title, but His Majesty the Emperor was annoyed. He obediently stepped forward, spread rice paper on the table that had been placed, and the chamberlain polished the ink.

Li Ye stood on the embankment of the Yellow River. The blue-grey sky connected with the snow-white earth. At a glance, everything was vast...

(End of this chapter)